A
citizen of Ecuador was captured by the New York City Police Department
and charged with rape, criminal sex act & endangering the welfare
of a child. He was convicted of rape and sentenced to 10 years probation.
The victim was a twelve year old girl.

"ICE
[Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is committed to insuring the
public safety of our communities and we will not tolerate the actions
of sexual predators and those who threaten the welfare of our children,"
said New York ICE Acting Special Agent in Charge Salvatore Dalessandro.

"If
you are preying on our children, we are going to find you; and if
you are not a US citizen, we will deport you. We will continue to
partner with New York City Probation Department and other law enforcement
agencies to this end," he warned.

However,
as SAIC Dalessandro noted, it was probation officers, and not police
officers, who notified ICE about the child predator. Members of the
New York City Police Department are prohibited from informing federal
agencies about illegal aliens who are arrested for felony or misdemeanor
crimes.

More
and more American police commanders and officers are witnessing the
growing and disturbing trend of cities and localities instructing
law officers to ignore an individual's immigration status during the
course of their duties.

"This
practice negates our immigration laws when our local leaders refuse
to assist in managing the growing lawbreaking population in our great
nation," said former New York City police detective Sid Francis.

"When
cities proclaim that they will not check immigration status, they
essentially become a safe haven for not only out-of-status immigrants,
but also criminal aliens who have often committed violent atrocities
in our country," said the decorated detective and former US Marine.

Advocates
for increasing US border security and controlling immigration point
to the thwarted terrorist plots at John F. Kennedy International Airport
in New York, in Germany and in South Carolina are some of the latest
examples of the continued desire of anti-American forces to inflict
harm on the United States and its allies.

"While
we are engaged in a global fight for freedom, why would any American
city enact policies that give unknown illegal immigrants sanctuary
from detection, arrest or prosecution?" asks Police Officer Edna Aguayo,
who comes from a family of cops.

"Instead
of working side-by-side with federal authorities, state officials
are putting their citizens at risk by erecting barriers to cooperation
and enforcement," she said.

Many
Americans believe that federal funds should be denied to cities and
towns that declare themselves a "Sanctuary City."

However,
in November, when asked by Fox News if he believed his Department
had the authority to deny Homeland Security funds to cities or municipalities
that took steps to provide sanctuary to illegal immigrants, Secretary
of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff replied, "I don't know that
I have the authority to cut off all Homeland Security funds if I disagree
with the city's policy on immigration."

"As
the number of sanctuary cities in the US grows, it is time Congress
gives [Chertoff] that authority and lets these cities know that they
can not selectively choose to enforce our laws," said political strategist
Mike Baker.

"Just
about every cop I've spoken with told me that they feel hampered by
politicians who care more about political power than they do about
protecting the lives and property of the American people," Baker said.

For
example, research in the area of child predators is disturbing and,
at times, out and out shocking. Det. Francis studied arrest reports
involving criminal aliens who committed child sex crimes including
Julio Cesar Rabago-Magana, a Mexican man who sexually assaulted a
four-year-old child in a basement in Minneapolis, Minn. Rabago-Magana
pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct. After serving
his criminal sentence, he was arrested by Immigration agents at his
St. Paul home and deported six days later.

"The
illegal immigration problem is allowing hundreds of thousands of criminal
aliens to invade our nation and kill, maim, rob and abuse our citizens,
" one Border Patrol agent told Newswithviews.com. Research revealed
that in one 9-month period the federal government arrested over 100,000
criminal aliens. These arrests do not include arrests made by state
and local law enforcement.

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Det.
Francis adds that our political leaders and the mainstream news media
practically ignore this issue and pro-illegal immigration advocates
resort to name-calling to silence anyone who attempts to sound the
alarm.

"If
anything, the President and the two houses of Congress are actually
helping these fiends enter the US to assault citizens and their children.
They appear more intent on locking up border patrol agents that stopping
illegal alien thugs," said Baker.

Rep.
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) has introduced H.R. 3531, the Accountability
in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007. This bill clarifies that
state and local law enforcement officials have the authority to investigate,
apprehend, and arrest any illegal immigrant apprehended in the course
of routine duties.

"Those
law enforcement agencies that help the federal government enforce
immigration laws would receive additional federal funding to help
with the costs of detention," said Rep. Brown-Waite in a press release.

"Sanctuary
cities, on the other hand, would have 25 percent of non-emergency
federal Homeland Security funding revoked if they refuse to change
their policies within 6 months. H.R. 3531 also gives the Secretary
the authority to withhold up to 50 percent of federal funds," she
said.

"When
cities proclaim that they will not check immigration status, they
essentially become a safe haven for not only out-of-status immigrants,
but criminal aliens who have often committed violent atrocities in
our country," said Lt. Steve Rogers, a police commander from northern
New Jersey.

"Imagine
that Mohammed Atta or one of the other 9/11 hijackers, who were in
the country illegally, had a city they could reside in to plot terrorist
attacks with no fear of ever being checked or deported. We run the
risk of inviting terror into these cities," he added.

Illegal
immigration opponent Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) sponsored a measure,
which he says would apply to cities such as Denver and Boulder in
his home state. He was elated by its passage, which stunned critics
and supporters alike.

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However,
critics point out that the Littleton Republican's amendment to the
Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill appears to have
no language specifically defining what a "sanctuary city" is. Denver
Mayor John Hickenlooper has long disputed giving his city that label.

"The
issue has come to fruition," Tancredo said in a press release. "The
people of the country really have spoken. It's a really good indicator
of just how much closer to the people the House is than the Senate
is."

Tancredo
has introduced similar amendments at least seven other times since
2004, but each has failed -- often by wide margins. But already the
House passed the Homeland Security appropriations bill, which now
goes to the Senate. It would have to be signed by the president to
become law.

A
year ago, Tancredo and other immigration foes unveiled billboards
in Denver, including one with a mock declaration: "Welcome to SANCTUARY
CITY . . . Relax, you made it! Brought to you by Executive Order 116."
The billboard referred to a 1998 order issued by then-Denver Mayor
Wellington Webb that outlines the city's anti-discrimination stance
regarding immigrants.

"There
are no ordinances, executive orders or regulations that establish
a 'sanctuary policy' in Denver," the mayor's spokesperson, Lindy Eichenbaum-Lent,
said at the time. "Denver's policies comply with federal law, and
Denver law enforcement officers cooperate with federal officials on
immigration matters. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials
have said Denver is not a sanctuary city, so merely erecting a misleading
billboard doesn't make it true."

The
proposed amendment comes as the Senate is poised to take up debate
again on an immigration reform plan that some opponents criticize
as giving amnesty to illegal immigrants. President Bush, who supports
the Senate's reform plan, sweetened the deal this week by agreeing
to include $4.4 billion for border security. The Senate had put the
reform bill on ice because it lacked enough support to bring to a
vote.

Tancredo
said his amendment is an indicator that the House would crush the
reform plan if it passes in the Senate.

"If
I were [Speaker of the House] Nancy Pelosi, I'd be asking if she could
pass a vote on amnesty on the House side," Tancredo said. "If she
lost 50 Democrats on this one, and she says she needs 70 Republicans
to pass the immigration plan, this is an interesting indicator of
things coming down the pike, and that the times, they are a-changing."

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Recently
three Newark college students -- were forced to kneel against a wall
behind an elementary school and were then shot to death at close range.
A fourth victim was found alive about 30 feet away, with gunshot and
knife wounds to her head.

These
weren't "throw-away kids" or gang members or "dopers," said Lt. Rogers.
"These were decent, wholesome youngsters from good families looking
forward to the upcoming school year. That is until they were gunned
down execution-style -- by an illegal alien who should not have been
in the country in the first place!"

"If
you are preying on our children, we are going to find you; and if you
are not a US citizen, we will deport you. We will continue to partner
with New York City Probation Department and other law enforcement agencies
to this end," he warned.